Marcia Barrett

Marcia Barrett

Marcia Barrett (born 14 October 1948) is a Jamaican-British singer and one of the original singers with the vocal group Boney M. Barrett was born in Saint Catherine Parish, British Jamaica; her parents brought her to Croydon, England in 1963. In the late 1960s she moved to Germany, where she joined a band and toured with Karel Gott and Rex Gildo. In 1971 she signed to Metronome Records and made her first record, "Could Be Love", written by Drafi Deutscher. At the same time she kept touring with such songs as "Son of a Preacher Man", "Oh Happy Day" and "Big Spender". In 1975 she joined Boney M., a group of models and dancers, to make discothèque and television performances of "Baby Do You Wanna Bump", a song recorded by record producer Frank Farian. The single was sold in the Benelux countries. When singer Claudja Barry left in early 1976, Barrett suggested a fellow Jamaican, Liz Mitchell, as replacement. Mitchell was a singer, and Farian engaged her and Barrett to make a follow-up recording, "Daddy Cool". They recorded Boney M.'s first album, Take the Heat Off Me, in 1976. After an appearance on the German television programme Musikladen in September, the group was in the charts all over Europe, and a series of hit singles and albums followed over the next decade. Boney M. counted four official members, but only Barrett and Mitchell were in the recording studio when Boney M.'s records were recorded. Frank Farian (and, from 1982–85, Reggie Tsiboe) provided male vocals that dancer and live on tour singer Bobby Farrell mimed on tv. While Mitchell was regarded as the lead singer, owing to her larger number of songs on which she performed lead vocals, Barrett contributed harmony on many the group's well-known songs and shared the lead with Mitchell on hits such as "Daddy Cool", "Ma Baker", "Rasputin" and "Gotta Go Home". She also led on a couple of tracks on each of the group's studio albums up to Christmas Album (1981), including the title of the first album Take the Heat off Me and "Lovin' or Leavin'". These were released as a Barrett solo single in 1977. She sang lead vocal on "Belfast", a song she had performed live in her solo years, which became the second single from the second album Love for Sale; it was a German no. 1 and a European Top 10 hit. On that album she also performed "Silent Lover". On Nightflight to Venus, Barrett sang "Nightflight To Venus" and a cover of "King of the Road" as well as the original "Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night" which became a standard during the group's performances. She sang the a capella intros of Boney M.'s 1978 Christmas hit, "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord", and "Ribbons of Blue", was lead singer of "No Time to Lose" on the group's 1979 album Oceans of Fantasy and had a solo on the opening track "Let It All Be Music". ... Source: Article "Marcia Barrett" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Popularity : 3.955
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1948-10-14
  • Place of Birth : Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica
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Marcia Barrett Movies

  • 1979
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    Disco Fieber

    Disco Fieber

    2 1979 HD

    The adventures of a group of over-sexed high school students.

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  • 1981
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    Boney M. on the Road - Jamaica 1981

    Boney M. on the Road - Jamaica 1981

    1 1981 HD

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  • 2022
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    La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

    La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

    7.2 2022 HD

    In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first...

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  • 2022
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    Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

    Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

    7.5 2022 HD

    The portrait of a woman who remembers. Sheila tells the story of Sheila, without concessions or evasions. Her childhood, her parents, her beginnings,...

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  • 2001
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    Boney M: The Greatest Hits

    Boney M: The Greatest Hits

    7.2 2001 HD

    Compilation demonstrating the sequined glamour and diaphanous disco genius that was Boney M. Features 'Rivers of Babylon' and 'Rasputin'.

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  • 2015
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    Boney M. - Diamonds

    Boney M. - Diamonds

    1 2015 HD

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  • 1975
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    Midi Première

    Midi Première

    10 1975 HD

    Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975...

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  • 1975
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    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    6 1975 HD

    A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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  • 1980
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    Show-Express

    Show-Express

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1975
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    Numéro un

    Numéro un

    6 1975 HD

    A French variety show.

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  • 1982
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    Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

    6.2 1982 HD

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  • 1957
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    Aktuelle Schaubude

    Aktuelle Schaubude

    6 1957 HD

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